An economic evaluation of SPREAD on Rwanda's rural population. Issue 36 (2nd August 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Moss, Charles B.; Lyambabaje, Alexandre; Oehmke, James F.
• Is Part Of: Applied economics. Volume 49:Issue 36(2017)
• Page Start: 3634
• Page End: 3644
• Publication Date: 2017-08-02
• Subjects: Value chain -- coffee production -- poverty rates; O13 -- O22 -- Q13; Economics -- Periodicals; 330
• DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2016.1265076
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-6846

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Sustainable Partnerships to Enhance Rural Enterprises and Agricultural Development (SPREAD) was a programme to enhance the value chain for commodities in Rwanda including coffee. The implicit concept was that improving the value chain would increase the incomes for smallholders and, hence, reduce the poverty rate. The results indicate that Rwanda coffee prices increased relative to an index price for traded coffee with the implementation of SPREAD. In addition, the results indicate that participation in the coffee market at this time was associated with higher household income and lower rates of poverty.